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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course grades from 9th and 10th grade matter.  Schools may also look at grades from middle school classes, like algebra, geometry,  and foreign languages, that count as high school credits.   Otherwise, when your kid starts applying early senior year, the application would only include grades from 11th grade and fall of senior year.

[b]Think of it another way - if there are two students with similar grades from 11th grade and test scores but one did significantly better before, which one should a college accept?[/b]

There are schools that only look at certain classes to remove PE or other non-academic classes  or reweigh grades based on their own systems.   Also, some schools tend to spend more time evaluating applications to see trends and other factors, but many school (especially big state schools) have admissions people that can only spending a few minutes per application and rely heavily on grades/test scores.[/quote]

That’s not how it works. 
For one - grades and tests scores are just one part of the application so you can’t compare two 11th grade students based on just grades and test scores. [/quote]

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